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The 



k and branches of the 



yield a great quantity of fixed fait) 



which is much ufed among the French to defpumate, and granulate their fug 

 fuch a mixture is always necefTary in the manufacture of that commodity ; and tho 

 the alkaline falts of lime are generally fufficient ; yet, when the iuices are thir 



d 



mmy, a ftronger and more^ active fa 



is 



fwer the trouble of obtaining 



quifite, and will always an 



This plant appears in two diftincl: forms in the wood 



grows fometimes very 



tly, and then bears but four or five berries on each common fpadix ; fome 

 times it rifes hardly above fixteen or twenty feet, and then the berries are more nu- 

 merous, generally ten or more on each fpadix, and the bark is more tough and 

 fibrous. Quere, If they may not be two diftinft fpecies ? 



O 



D 



II 



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Of the more perfeft Plants ; or fuch as bear diftin£t and 



apparent Flowers and Fructifications. 



A 



Of the Monandria, or fuch as have only one Filament or male gene 



rative Part in every hermaphrodite Flower. 



T. 



Of fuch as have one Filament, and one Stile, or Female Part in each 



Flower. 



Salicornia 



I. Apbylla r a mo/a, ramis in /picas abeuntibus long as anu 



latim areolatas. 



Salicornia Articulis apice comprejjis emarginatis bifidis. L. Sp. PL 

 jin, Salicornia Caulium remorumque articulis apice bicornibus. Gron. fl. 



Virg. 129, 

 This plant is found in great abund 



the burrough in St, James's : It grows 



the low falina near the fea, and feldom is above eight or eleven inches above the 



ground : It has but < 

 neutro-muriatic fait. 



MARANTA 



ftamen to every ftile. The whole plant abounds with 



A 



Foli is tanceolato-ovatis, petiolis fuperne gang it 'oncfis jruclu 

 glabro 



Maranta & Thalia. L. Sp. PI. an Alpinia ejus. Gen. PI 



Canna 



Indica radice alba alexiph 



&c 



Slo. Cat 





Indian Arrow-root. 



This plant is cultivated in many gardens in J* 



where 



fidered 



warm 



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